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Hasty touch coming round ends in unfortunate goal (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

careless

'hasty' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'touch coming round ends in unfortunate goal' is the wordplay.
'touch' becomes 'caress' (caress is a kind of touch).
'coming round' indicates putting letters inside.
'ends in' says to take the final letters.
The last letters of 'unfortunate goal' are 'el'.
'caress' enclosing 'el' is 'CARELESS'.

(Other definitions for careless that I've seen before include "Thoughtless, remiss" , "Not careful or thorough enough" , "Unconcerned, heedless" , "Lackadaisical" , "Marked by lack of attention" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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